DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, BORAMAE MEDICAL CENTER, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE1, DEPARTMENT OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, HOSPITAL MEDICINE CENTER, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA2 |
¸ñÀû: We aim to share our initial experience of dupilumab for chronic
rhinosinusitis with nasal polyp patients who underwent endoscopic
sinus
surgery and have steroid-dependent olfactory disturbance in Korea. ¹æ¹ý:A retrospective review of 18 patients who underwent endoscopic
sinus
surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyp and have
steroid-
dependent olfactory disturbance prescribed dupilumab from March
2021 to
August 2021 at SNU Boramae medical center was performed. Their
demographic, clinical, endoscopic, and lab data were evaluated.
Olfactory function was checked with the patient¡¯s VAS score and
classified into 4 groups by improvement proportion (quartile). °á°ú:The average medication starting date was postoperative day 4 years. (Standard deviation (SD): 1138 days, range: 55 days to 10 years.) The mean blood eosinophil and total IgE were 929.3/¥ìL (SD: 1252.9) and 352.7KU/L (SD: 311.4), respectively. Patients were planned to get dupilumab injection every 2 weeks in 2 months and as needed after 2months. The average injection rate was 1.64 injections/month (SD: 0.47, range: 0.75-2). Excellent (n=6), good (n=8), and fair/poor (n=4) improvement of olfactory dysfunction were reported, showing mean blood eosinophil count of 1564.3, 801.3, and 232.8; mean total IgE levels of 1320.3, 152.1, and 310.4; asthma comorbidity of 67%, 75%, and 25%; postoperative days of 659, 2062, and 1268, respectively. °á·Ð:77.8% of postoperative steroid dependent olfactory disturbance
showed
early good response to dupilumab in our study. Type 2
inflammatory
markers such as higher blood eosinophil count, higher total IgE,
and
asthma comorbidity could be indicators for good response to
dupilumab. |